Glycemic Load and Glycemic Index

[LAGMuXle]

I am not too familiar with the Glycemic Load other than the fact that it is related to the amount of carbohydrates in the food, along with the Glycemic Index.

Just was doing some reading on GI, and thought I would put it up for some discussion. If anyone has a clear explination of the two factors I'm sure it would be helpful to us all.

LAG

[Lugar]

www.google.com

[LAGMuXle]

www.google.com

Glad you have such a wealth of information to offer.

Worthless shit like this surely exposes your pure ignorance and lack of intellect.

[Lugar]

You are joking right??? It's all over the fing place dude....run a search...come on.....

[brewerpi]

glycemic index is how a particular carb effects your blood sugar, there are numbers assigned to each food with the lower numbers being better

[LAGMuXle]

You are joking right??? It's all over the fing place dude....run a search...come on.....

No, I am not joking. If I was joking, I might as well be joking about every thread I have posted, and I would search for everything on Google, and I would see no point in having a board such as this to refer to others for discussion.

This board is here to share knowledge.

I am currently beginning to study more into the details of dieting and as I mentioned in the post above, I was READING information about GI and GL earlier, and wanted to see if anyone had some logical input, or had reliable references.

While I'm at it... I'll add this link:

http://www.mendosa.com

and

http://www.glycemicindex.com

For references.

[Lugar]

Here's my opinion.......the GI and GI load are completely blown out of whack.....as long as you eat every meal witha good fat/protein source and a good complex carb source, you will have no worries.

Rule #1 - NEVER consume carbs on their own.......
Rule #2 - See #1


Note - difference of course is PW, when a spike is warranted.

[LAGMuXle]

Here's my opinion.......the GI and GI load are completely blown out of whack.....as long as you eat every meal witha good fat/protein source and a good complex carb source, you will have no worries.

Rule #1 - NEVER consume carbs on their own.......
Rule #2 - See #1


Note - difference of course is PW, when a spike is warranted.

I have been getting the same feeling, I feel almost as though everyone reacts so differently to types of foods that you could almost develop a GI and GL factor that would vary per individual basis.

[Lugar]

just dont get caught up in it...the GI load is much more important.......for example, carrots are high GI, but it would take about 30 to cause a spike......not sure anyone is gonna eat 30 friggn carrots.......

another example....everyone says bananas - stay away due to the high sugar and use them for pw only.....garbage....they have a low gi and the fiber would slow down any spike........just know that dext is best, oats, beans, lentils, brown rice are you best carb sources......done.

[LAGMuXle]

just dont get caught up in it...the GI load is much more important.......for example, carrots are high GI, but it would take about 30 to cause a spike......not sure anyone is gonna eat 30 friggn carrots.......

another example....everyone says bananas - stay away due to the high sugar and use them for pw only.....garbage....they have a low gi and the fiber would slow down any spike........just know that dext is best, oats, beans, lentils, brown rice are you best carb sources......done.

Good points.

[Giantz11]

Ice Cream would be your best example. Its GI is low due to the fat content, however its GL is very high to to its high calorie content.

[Lugar]

i like my carrot example better

[LAGMuXle]

Ice Cream would be your best example. Its GI is low due to the fat content, however its GL is very high to to its high calorie content.

Thanks Giantz.

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